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Amitriptyline prescribing in public sector healthcare facilities in the Western Cape, South Africa

BACKGROUND: Inappropriate medication use is a major patient safety concern, especially for the elderly population. Amitriptyline is widely used in primary care in South Africa and a cross-sectional study found that amitriptyline was prescribed potentially inappropriately in 6.5% of elderly patients....

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Autores principales:	Coetzee, Renier, Johnson, Yasmina, van Niekerk, Johan, Namane, Mosedi
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2020
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7170249/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32311002 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231675

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